Duality In Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse

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Duality is everywhere. Everyone and anything will never be all good or all bad. They, however, can be both at different times, as it depends on the circumstances. In the story, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, the ways in which Saul copes with the bad situations in his life and the people who Saul comes to despise are two things in his life in which duality is demonstrated.

The ways in which Saul copes with the bad situations in life are one of the two things that demonstrate duality in the novel. Hockey had subjected Saul to racism. For example, when Saul had punched someone on the opposite team after they slashed him on the knees, he said, “That was the end of any semblance of joy in the game for me. I became a fighter.’ (165)